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East London Harbour : Princess Elizabeth Dock - Graving Dock
KuGompo City (East London), Eastern Cape

SOUTH AFRICAN RAILWAYS AND HARBOURS: Engineer

Date:1947
Type:Harbour
Status:Extant

 


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Coordinates:
33°01'17.68" S 27°53'49.05" E

Situated near the Princess Elizabeth Memorial erected to mark the occasion of the opening of this Dry Dock.

All truncated references not fully cited below are those of Joanna Walker's original text and cited in full in the 'Bibliography' entry of the Lexicon.


References:

South African Railways and Harbours. 1947. Princess Elizabeth Graving Dock and the Port of East London. Johannesburg: South African Railways and Harbours. pg
Watson, Jeremy. 1989. The Urban Trail : a walk through the urban heritage of East London Central Business District and Older Suburbs. East London: Heritage Committee ISAA and B-KIA. pg 76